ANNOUNCE: the RULE distribution analyzer is online

From: "M. Fioretti" <m fioretti inwind it>

To: anaconda-devel-list redhat com

Subject: ANNOUNCE: the RULE distribution analyzer is online

Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:38:02 +0100

Hello,
The alpha release of the RULE Distribution ANalyzer from the RULE
project is available online at
http://www.rule-project.org/cgi-bin/dan.cgi
The DAn (which can be ported to other distros) is targeted to whoever
needs to quickly hand-pick Red Hat packages for any reason, from
server administrators to users who need an internet kiosk or MP3 juke
box with the same user-space packages present on their standard
desktop.
Its final version should give complete answers (EVEN ONLINE, OR
WITHOUT FORCING YOU TO INSTALL THAT RH VERSION) to questions like:
How much space will version X of Red Hat need?
How much space will it take if I remove this and that package?
I don't really care about specific packages, programs, and desktop
environments. I just want a box that does {any set of tasks}, and,
for each task (eg email client), guarantees certain functionalities
(eg POP3 support). SAID THIS, WHAT IS THE SMALLEST COMPLETE SET OF
RPM PACKAGES WHICH GIVES THAT, AND WHERE DO I FIND THEM?
More info, and the URL to the source, are displayed by the script
itself.
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Marco Fioretti
--
Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it
Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/
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from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end,
an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads
lead to Boston or New York. We are in great haste to construct a
magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be,
have nothing important to communicate. -- H. D. Thoreau, 1854